Edmund A. Hintz
ed@hintz.org

Voice Part:
Tenor

Brief Musical History:

1980-1987 Boy Soprano at St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, San Diego, and with San Diego Opera productions of Lohengrin (as a page boy), Turandot and Carmen.

1988-1989 Tenor II for Palomar College Chorale, San Marcos, CA.

1990-1991 Baritone for El Camino College Chorale, Torrance, CA.

1991-1994 Private voice lessons with Hedley Nosworthy, El Camino College, Torrance CA

1991-1992 Tenor I for the Jane Hardester Singers, Torrance, CA

1993 Tenor Chorister for Long Beach Opera productions of Schoenberg's Die Jakobsleiter, and Carmen.

1993 William Sharp Master Class at El Camino College, Torrance, CA

1993-1994 Tenor section leader for St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, Lomita, CA

1994 Kyoko Saito Master Class at El Camino College, Torrance, CA

1994-1996 Private voice lessons with William Lewis, Univ. of Texas at Austin

1994-1996 Tenor I for Austin Lyric Opera productions of La Traviata, Die Zauberflote, La Boheme, and Andrea Chenier, Austin,TX

1995-1999 Tenor section leader for University Christian Church, Austin, TX

Career Highlights:
Sang with group choirs for H. M. Queen Elizabeth II both in 1982 & 1992.
Participation (with the Hardester Singers) in the 1992 Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod.

Educational History and Goals:
Attended high school at San Diego's O'Farrell-School of Creative and Performing Arts.

Attended El Camino College in Torrance, CA, as a music major with a 3.3 overall GPA.
Attended the University of Texas at Austin, for a B.M. in Vocal Performance.

Physical Appearance:
Weight: 140 lbs., Height: 5ft.11in, Weight 155 lbs., Hair: Lt. Brown, Eyes: Hazel, Age: 33.

Theatrical Experience:
Numerous productions with community theater and San Diego Jr. Theater both acting and working tech. Acting roles included "Floyd Allen" in Dark of the Moon, by Howard Richardson & William Berney, and the "Singing Telegram Boy" in Thornton Wilder's The Skin of our Teeth, plus numerous chorus and cast positions.

Technical Experience:
Technical highlights include studies with Barney DeSelm (formerly lighting director for San Diego's Olde Globe Theatre) in lighting design; set construction both for Jr. Theatre and O'Farrell S.C.P.A.; and working as stage manager while simultaneously singing in the chorus of The Mikado. Other studies also include T.V. production at Jr. Theatre, and with Neil Rothschild at O'Farrell S.C.P.A. More recently this has included employment at the Universtiy of Texas at Austin, as Technical Assistant II in the Lighting/Electrics dept. of the Performing Arts Complex, under the supervision of Jeff Ellinger.

Technical accomplishments also include some experience with electronic music, using both Deluxe Music and Encore in the Macintosh environment, with MIDI connections from the Mac to a DX-7, DX-21, and a Roland S-50. Current equipment usage includes a Mac SE (4-40), Mac SE/30 (4-80) and a Powerbook Duo 230 (4-80).

Other Musical Experience:
Various incursions into pop, including 2 years as lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist with a Rock band (known as Eroxic) in the Los Angeles area, and numerous performances at local coffee shops.

Repertoire:

French
Sainte, M. Ravel
Lamento, H. Duparc

Italian
Tristezza, F. P. Tosti
O Del Mio Amato Ben..., S. Donaudy

German
Sehnsucht, J. Brahms
Standchen, F. Schubert
Verborgenheit, H. Wolf
Im Treibhaus, R. Wagner
Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekomen, G. Mahler
Lied Ein Schiffers An Die Dioskuren, F. Schubert

English
February Twilight, J. Duke
Weeping Mary, Arr. H. T. Burleigh
Where Ever You Walk, G. F. Handel
I Stood on the River of Jerdon, Arr. H. T. Burleigh

Operatic roles/Tenor solos in larger choral works
Stabat Mater, G. Rossini
Mass in C, L. Beethoven
A New Creation, R. Clausen
Missa Brevis-K.445, W. Mozart
Tamino, The Magic Flute, W. Mozart
Bastien, Bastien und Bastienne, W. Mozart
1st Officer, Dialogues of the Carmelites, F. Poulenc
Don Basilio and Don Curzio, Marriage of Figaro, W. Mozart

References Available on Request